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Author: Lee Beamish

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Review: New German Cinema ‘Pain Will Polish Me’

11th May 202611th May 2026 Lee Beamish Electronic, Felte, New German Cinema, Shoegaze

Sometimes, something that starts as little more than a late-night conversation with a like-minded soul will evolve into the most

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Review: Man Band ‘Strong Man’

30th April 202630th April 2026 Lee Beamish Faith Healer Records, Man Band, Noise-Rock, Punk

Well, well, well, here we are, another new month and another insanely new and exciting musical creation which has Chainy

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Review: Gnod ‘Chronicles Of Gnowt Vol.1’

24th April 202624th April 2026 Lee Beamish Drone, Gnod, Psych, Rocket Recordings

Having known of the band name for easily a decade, if not longer, it’s only been recently that I’ve gotten

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Review: Dälek ‘Brilliance Of A Falling Moon’

13th April 202613th April 2026 Lee Beamish Dälek, Hip-Hop, Ipecac Recordings

For all my years of loving heavy music, and more recently my awakening into the whole post-rock/metal hemisphere, it isn’t

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Review: Lili Refrain ‘Nagalite’

7th April 20267th April 2026 Lee Beamish Dark Ambient, Experimental, Lili Refrain, Subsound Records

Lili Refrain is a true pioneer: a seeker, a soothsayer, and a vessel. Her body of work is far more

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Review: Wildernesses ‘Growth’

26th March 202626th March 2026 Lee Beamish Floodlit Recordings, Post-Rock, Shoegaze, Wildernesses

If ever there was a band you should latch on to immediately, one that references the cult classic The X-Files

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Review: Blackwater Holylight ‘Not Here Not Gone’

11th March 202611th March 2026 Lee Beamish Blackwater Holylight, Doomgaze, Shoegaze, Suicide Squeeze Records

Way back in October of 2021, I had the privilege of reviewing Silence/Motion, the third album by Portland Quintet Blackwater

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Review: FÃ¥gelle ‘Bränn min jord’

26th February 202626th February 2026 Lee Beamish Ambient, Experimental, FÃ¥gelle, Independent

Back in 2022, I got to witness an artist who left me utterly speechless after their performance at Ramsgate Music

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Review: Marielle V Jakobsons ‘The Patterns Lost To Air’

20th February 202620th February 2026 Lee Beamish Ambient, Marielle V Jakobsons, Thrill Jockey Records

In a time where the whole world seems to be completely losing its head, more than ever, now we turn

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Windhand & Dorthia Cottrell @ The Black Heart, London, 12th June 2025

6th February 20266th February 2026 Lee Beamish Dorthia Cottrell, London, The Black Heart, Windhand

For all the bands I’ve seen perform in my time, there are some that have left an impression long after

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Review: Scattered Purgatory ‘Post Purgatory’

6th February 20266th February 2026 Lee Beamish Electronic, Experimental, Guruguru Brain, Scattered Purgatory

One of the things that I love the most about music is that it is always evolving, adapting, and reforming,

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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